Tagged Questions

For questions about the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information in the brain. This tag encompasses research all the way from the molecular level in model organisms to abstract mathematical representations, and includes applied learning paradigms and tasks.

I would like to measure the short-term memory, long-term memory and sensory memory of children between 10 and 15. If possible, I would prefer a single test or battery.
What tests are used to measure ...

I can listen to a song a million times over but if it stops, 5 minutes later I don't remember a single line or note from it. My memory is fairly good when it comes to other things and if I try really ...

I wanted to test a persons expectation Vs. memory. To put it simply, I want to see whether or not a person will remember more information when told they have a larger/smaller amount of information to ...

So I was watching this youtube video (Only check 1:05 - 1:25) where it suggested we sleep because the brain needs rest to save/process all information we perceived throughout the day. I directly made ...

What is the most efficient method learning multiple academic topics in parallel with each other. I propose, for a small number of different things (say 4), the best method is to cycle the topics, over ...

How accurate is colour memory for the standard person?
It would seem most people are quite good at remembering the colour of objects by visualising the object. But in some cases peoples visualisation ...

I've encountered the following phenomenon : within a single night of starting a dream journal again, my dreams became more numerous, recall improved and I'm waking up after each sleep cycle except the ...

as a computer science undergraduate i was thinking if there are any special data structures used by brain to save data .
i am specially interested in the data structure of hash tables . if some data ...

For example: If I was trying to recall the name Elaine but instead only the name Ellen could come to mind. It's as though I know 'where' the memory is, but since the memory is poor and so similar to ...

I was wondering if there is any neurological/neuropsychological difference between the anticipation of an event to come, and the remembrance of that event.
More specifically, is there any difference ...

I was wondering what happens if we lose all electrical impulses in our nervous system for a minimum amount of time. So first of all it is obvious that we will break together, as we are dead while we ...

So I study information systems technology, networking, programming, system security as my main focuses on school with a lot of reading material and a ton of independent research. My major problem is ...

I remember stumbling across a very interesting study/experiment a few months ago. Now I want to try to find it again. Unfortunately I cannot for the life of me recall the name of the experiment nor ...

Often times, I wake up with an amazing, yet fleeting glimpse of a dream I had. I would like to recollect those events I had in my dream, and try to adopt ways to better remember those dreams.
There ...

If we are our brains, and our brains know how they work, this means that this information is stored somewhere in the brain, like the inferior temporal cortex is the part of the brain that recognizes ...

My female colleague cannot remember a discussion (dialogue) from a couple days ago or even yesterday, much less the full, exact sentences spoken. She jokes about having sclerosis. I can remember many ...

I'm guessing it may be some combination of the two. If so, which is the more frequent situation?
I'm also guessing it varies depending on the type of memory being formed. Let's take for instance, my ...

There is a common knowledge that several brain areas are involved in memory processes and each area is involved in a different aspect of memory.
But where do our memories get stored and how are they ...

I want to start a project about the best schedules for learning activities focused on college students.
Since sleeping patterns are totally different in a young adult/teenager, and many of the classes ...

The self-reference effect has been widely researched in marketing for its ability to improve how favorably consumers remember a message, but less so for its ability to improve recall and learning of ...

I am a rulebook writer and editor, and I have been digging into the literature for cognitive effects and heuristics that affect one's ability to learn and remember complicated concepts from text. For ...

I'm attempting to learn a very specific skill (perfect pitch) and I'm considering nootropic supplements.
While I can find plenty of websites offering these supplements and making big claims, I can't ...

Is there a method in mnemonics to quickly find out the number of objects in, for example, a heap of tooth picks.
There is this scene in the movie Rain Man, where the autistic protagonist can tell the ...

I know that Freud in his "Interpretation of dreams" provides a number of examples of events influencing dreams several days to several months after the event has occurred. For example, a person sees a ...

I've read some articles and science papers about Parkinson's disease and found out that many patients often have cognitive difficulties, if not all of them. For memory difficulty, medications to treat ...